Macrofaunal community structure and zonation of an Ecuadorian sandy beach (Bay of Valdivia)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-24

  Aerts, Katrien ^a   Vanagt, Thomas ^a   Degraer, Steven ^a   Guartatanga, Sonnia ^b   Wittoeck, Jan ^a   Fockedey, Nancy ^a   Cornejo Rodriguez, Maria Pilar ^b   Calderón, Jorge ^b   Vinex, Magda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Macrobenthos; Sandy beach

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; TRANSECT; ZONATION;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EMERITA; EMERITA RATHBUNAE; EXCIROLANA BRAZILIENSIS; GASTROPODA; HAUSTORIUS; HIPPIDAE; ISOPODA; OCYPODIDAE; OLIVELLA; OLIVELLA SEMISTRIATA; POLYCHAETA; VALDIVIA;

EID: 4444306935     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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